An improv comedy workshop for inclusion
by Jess Kelley-Madera, an independent improv comedy coach, used to perform at the Reckless Theater in New York City until the joint closed when its founder …
Tag: comedy
Summer reads for your ears, from Audible
Audible, Amazon’s audio arm, has ramped up its original comedy programming to go along with an already-robust array of audiobooks narrated by comedians this summer. …
The world’s film critics in 2017 rank the 100 greatest movie comedies of all time
BBC Culture asked the world’s film critics to rank the top funny films of all time. They asked 253 film critics – 118 women and 135 …
Amazon picks up The Tick, I Love Dick and Jean-Claude Van Johnson all to series
Amazon has picked up all three of its primetime comedy pilots that went up for public review in August: The Tick, I Love Dick and …
HBO Comedy rebooting new editions of Tracey Ullman sketch, Def Comedy, plus stand-up hours from T.J. Miller, Pete Holmes and Jerrod Carmichael
HBO’s comedy brand is offering something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue for Fall 2016, announcing new editions of Tracey Ullman’s signature sketch …
Bo Burnham doubles down against celebrity culture, and shines more light on his Netflix special, “Make Happy”
Celebrity isn’t so much a foreign concept to Bo Burnham, now close to a decade since YouTube thrust him and his musically comedic skills into …
Review: Bo Burnham, Make Happy (Netflix)
My review of Bo Burnham’s new Netflix special, Make Happy, is on Decider.com. What’s it about? I’ll let Burnham tell you what he says 45 …
Class Photo: Women in Comedy in New York City, 2016
The idea, simple enough: Gather as many women in New York City comedy together in one place for a class photo. More than 200 showed …
Episode #48: 2015 Comedy MVPs with Jason Zinoman of the New York Times
New York Times critic Jason Zinoman joined me for a special year in review of 2015. Instead of just glossing over the headlines like most …
Comedian To Do List: Men vs. Women, by Sara Schaefer
The only thing more striking about Sara Schaefer’s recent Twitter photo of the differences between men and women in stand-up comedy today (circa 2015)? Reading …